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103 ways to cook a chicken

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Karaage (Japanese fried chicken)

When freshly fried, karaage is incredibly crisp on the outside and juicy inside, but they are also good cold, in a bento box. 
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Whole roast chicken, sauce supreme, wild mushrooms & sherry

The Midland Grand Dining Room's chef Patrick Powell shares a recipe for the perfect Sunday roast. 
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Claire Ptak's yoghurt fried chicken with Ranch sauce

There is much talk of using buttermilk in fried chicken recipes, but I love the flavour of a good plain yogurt, and the thickness works well to coat the chicken while it marinates. The acidity tenderises the chicken and keeps it moist, while adding that tang of the signature fried-chicken flavour.
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Paella Valenciana (the original and the best)

Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy shares his recipe for the original and traditional way to make one of Spain's most famous dishes 
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How to make Coronation chicken

Enjoy this British classic as a salad, sandwich filing or jacket potato topping
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Baked penne with sage chicken, chestnut mushrooms and leeks 

A chicken pasta bake recipe with sage, mushrooms and leeks - warming and delicious at any time of year
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Taiwanese fried chicken

In an extract from the new BAO cookbook, we find out how to make this formerly top secret recipe for fried chicken from the earliest days of BAO
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Alternative (no-rice) Hainan Chicken Rice

Every Chinese family has its own version of this comfort dish. 
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Nourishing chicken broth with noodles

Our food editor Blanche Vaughan relishes the challenge of leftovers. Here she tackles leftover roast chicken with this comforting broth. Serves 6
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‘Monday night soup’ with chicken and greens

A simple and soothing recipe for the tiredness that all too often accompanies a Monday evening, from Flora Shedden's new cookbook Supper
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Poached chicken with summer vegetables and garlic mayonnaise

This is a dish that keeps on giving, as there will be plenty of broth left over for soups or risottos
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Flattened chicken with lemon, garlic and herbs

This is the easiest way to cook chicken – either in the oven or on a barbecue. 
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Chicken marinated in pomegranate molasses, yogurt and spices

This chicken recipe is as succulent and tasty as they come
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Asma Khan's Hariyali Murgh

Asma Khan, founder and head chef of Darjeeling Express in Kingly Court, W1, presents recipes for a winter feast inspired by traditional Indian home cooking her own royal Mughlai heritage and memories of her childhood in Calcutta
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Chicken curry with spinach and coconut

Chicken curry recipe needed? This easy chicken and spinach coconut curry is deliciously creamy and can be made a day in advance. Pair with a glass of Pinot Gris for the perfect supper.
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Burmese chicken biryani

A Burmese recipe for chicken biryani (danbauk), courtesy of The Rangoon Sisters Cookbook, which chronicles dishes from their Burmese kitchen
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Sweet ‘n’ hot jerk chicken wings

Jerk is the quintessential flavour of Jamaican food: spicy, hot and slightly sweet
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Sardinian baked chicken with citrus, fennel and white wine

Letitia Clark shares a Sardinian chicken recipe from her book, 'Bitter Honey'
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Chicken, pineapple and ’nduja bake

A heady mix of sweet, savoury and spicy flavours from Ixta Belfrage's new cookbook, ‘Mezcla’
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Chicken, lemon and potatoes with wild oregano

There is a small Greek island that I go to in the summer where you can find a family-run restaurant on a beach. It serves a sharing plate of crisp-skinned chicken bathed in oil, juicy with lemons and fragrant with mountain oregano – flavours that I will always associate with hot summers on sun-drenched islands.